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Oh and it was removed with excision and stitched up.  It was not a punch or shave biopsy.

Oh and it was removed with excision and stitched up.  It was not a punch or shave biopsy.

Oh and it was removed with excision and stitched up.  It was not a punch or shave biopsy.

Thank you MoiraM!  You are so right.  I have actually seen a therapist about it at the recommendation of my derm and my wife.  IT did help quite a bit, but Ill be going back there again.  Like I said before, so many people have it so much worse than me and yet handle it so much better.

I think its time for me to be brave too and just live.  The only proof I have ever had of melanoma was two years ago and since then everything else removed has been nothing.  This might be too, and if not Ill just cut it out like the last one and then keep living.  I woke up this morning and thought.. huh melanoma in a way has already killed me if I am not living.  Fear is no state of mind to live in and Im going to do my best to not live that way anymore.

Thanks Moira.  I needed that.

Thank you MoiraM!  You are so right.  I have actually seen a therapist about it at the recommendation of my derm and my wife.  IT did help quite a bit, but Ill be going back there again.  Like I said before, so many people have it so much worse than me and yet handle it so much better.

I think its time for me to be brave too and just live.  The only proof I have ever had of melanoma was two years ago and since then everything else removed has been nothing.  This might be too, and if not Ill just cut it out like the last one and then keep living.  I woke up this morning and thought.. huh melanoma in a way has already killed me if I am not living.  Fear is no state of mind to live in and Im going to do my best to not live that way anymore.

Thanks Moira.  I needed that.

Thank you MoiraM!  You are so right.  I have actually seen a therapist about it at the recommendation of my derm and my wife.  IT did help quite a bit, but Ill be going back there again.  Like I said before, so many people have it so much worse than me and yet handle it so much better.

I think its time for me to be brave too and just live.  The only proof I have ever had of melanoma was two years ago and since then everything else removed has been nothing.  This might be too, and if not Ill just cut it out like the last one and then keep living.  I woke up this morning and thought.. huh melanoma in a way has already killed me if I am not living.  Fear is no state of mind to live in and Im going to do my best to not live that way anymore.

Thanks Moira.  I needed that.

So great news!  Got the pathology back and it was merely an inflamed hair follicule!  Praise Odin!  

So great news!  Got the pathology back and it was merely an inflamed hair follicule!  Praise Odin!  

So great news!  Got the pathology back and it was merely an inflamed hair follicule!  Praise Odin!  

Thanks within.  I know that the odds are very much in my favor having such a thin and low risk melanoma and its more reasurrance that my derm who is very good says that the chances that this lump is related is as close to zero as you can get without saying zero.  I shoud know within the next day or two what the result is and I will surely let you know.  Thanks for the kind words.  I think I am on top of being vigilant.  Shit at this point Id say Im almost paranoid.. but better safe than sorry in this case.  I will NEVER take a chance where melanoma is concerned.  

Thanks within.  I know that the odds are very much in my favor having such a thin and low risk melanoma and its more reasurrance that my derm who is very good says that the chances that this lump is related is as close to zero as you can get without saying zero.  I shoud know within the next day or two what the result is and I will surely let you know.  Thanks for the kind words.  I think I am on top of being vigilant.  Shit at this point Id say Im almost paranoid.. but better safe than sorry in this case.  I will NEVER take a chance where melanoma is concerned.  

Thanks within.  I know that the odds are very much in my favor having such a thin and low risk melanoma and its more reasurrance that my derm who is very good says that the chances that this lump is related is as close to zero as you can get without saying zero.  I shoud know within the next day or two what the result is and I will surely let you know.  Thanks for the kind words.  I think I am on top of being vigilant.  Shit at this point Id say Im almost paranoid.. but better safe than sorry in this case.  I will NEVER take a chance where melanoma is concerned.  

Thaks for the reply.  Im sorry that they almost mist that stage 1 on you!  Im definitely going to follow up with my Plastic Surgeon and my Dermatologist this week and get their opinion on it.  Im not too worried about it being a melanoma that is missed.  I trust my Dermatologist as he is board certified and deals with several melanomas a week at least.  I am also somewhat of a hypochondriac and when anything changes in my mind I go to him for advice.  He told me his bar is so low on me because of my melanoma history and because of my anxiety that if he thought something was even the slightest risk he'd remove it to be safe and for my peace of mind.  Even on lesions he would just watch on another patient.

Like I said when I first presented this lesion he said he was positive it wasnt a melanoma but if it was removed the pathology would probably want him to take more out and again because of my profession he didnt want to risk a bad scar.  As I still had anxiety about it he referred me to a good plastic surgeon to minimize scarring.

Obviously if both Drs recommend re-excission then Ill have to bite the bullet and do it, but if they think watching and waiting is fine Ill go that route.  As of now looking at the scar that is there, there isnt a speck of pigment to be seen, but Im no Doctor so we will see.

Anyone else want to weigh in on this before I see my Doctors next week?  Janner? 

I did read some studies apparently more and more derms these days no longer think mild or moderate atypia warrant re excission but its usually a Drs preference based off your history and skin type.

Thaks for the reply.  Im sorry that they almost mist that stage 1 on you!  Im definitely going to follow up with my Plastic Surgeon and my Dermatologist this week and get their opinion on it.  Im not too worried about it being a melanoma that is missed.  I trust my Dermatologist as he is board certified and deals with several melanomas a week at least.  I am also somewhat of a hypochondriac and when anything changes in my mind I go to him for advice.  He told me his bar is so low on me because of my melanoma history and because of my anxiety that if he thought something was even the slightest risk he'd remove it to be safe and for my peace of mind.  Even on lesions he would just watch on another patient.

Like I said when I first presented this lesion he said he was positive it wasnt a melanoma but if it was removed the pathology would probably want him to take more out and again because of my profession he didnt want to risk a bad scar.  As I still had anxiety about it he referred me to a good plastic surgeon to minimize scarring.

Obviously if both Drs recommend re-excission then Ill have to bite the bullet and do it, but if they think watching and waiting is fine Ill go that route.  As of now looking at the scar that is there, there isnt a speck of pigment to be seen, but Im no Doctor so we will see.

Anyone else want to weigh in on this before I see my Doctors next week?  Janner? 

I did read some studies apparently more and more derms these days no longer think mild or moderate atypia warrant re excission but its usually a Drs preference based off your history and skin type.

Thaks for the reply.  Im sorry that they almost mist that stage 1 on you!  Im definitely going to follow up with my Plastic Surgeon and my Dermatologist this week and get their opinion on it.  Im not too worried about it being a melanoma that is missed.  I trust my Dermatologist as he is board certified and deals with several melanomas a week at least.  I am also somewhat of a hypochondriac and when anything changes in my mind I go to him for advice.  He told me his bar is so low on me because of my melanoma history and because of my anxiety that if he thought something was even the slightest risk he'd remove it to be safe and for my peace of mind.  Even on lesions he would just watch on another patient.

Like I said when I first presented this lesion he said he was positive it wasnt a melanoma but if it was removed the pathology would probably want him to take more out and again because of my profession he didnt want to risk a bad scar.  As I still had anxiety about it he referred me to a good plastic surgeon to minimize scarring.

Obviously if both Drs recommend re-excission then Ill have to bite the bullet and do it, but if they think watching and waiting is fine Ill go that route.  As of now looking at the scar that is there, there isnt a speck of pigment to be seen, but Im no Doctor so we will see.

Anyone else want to weigh in on this before I see my Doctors next week?  Janner? 

I did read some studies apparently more and more derms these days no longer think mild or moderate atypia warrant re excission but its usually a Drs preference based off your history and skin type.